Monograph

Mortality and causes of death in 20th-century Ukraine

Meslé, F., Vallin, J. (Eds.)
TitleDemographic research monographs 09
279 pages. Dordrecht [et al.], Springer (2012)
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Foreword

Acknowledgements

Contents

General Introduction
France Meslé and Jacques Vallin

Part I Long-Term Trends in Life Expectancy and the Consequences of Major Historical Disasters

Introduction to Part I

The Crisis of the 1930s
Jacques Vallin, France Meslé, Sergei Adamets, and Serhii Pyrozhkov

The Consequences of the Second World War and the Stalinist Repression
Jacques Vallin, France Meslé, Sergei Adamets, and Serhii Pyrozhkov

Part II Eighty Years of Trends in Sex-Specific and Age-Specific Mortality

Introduction to Part II

Is Mortality Under-Estimated?
France Meslé, Jacques Vallin, and Vladimir Shkolnikov

Eighty Years of Sex-Specific and Age-Specific Mortality Trends
France Meslé, Jacques Vallin, and Vladimir Shkolnikov

Ukrainians and Russians in Ukraine and in Russia
Vladimir Shkolnikov

Health Crises and Cohort Mortality
Vladimir Shkolnikov

Part III Cause-Specific Mortality Trends from 1965

Introduction to Part III

Data Collection, Data Quality and the History of Cause-of-Death Classification
Vladimir Shkolnikov, France Meslé, and Jacques Vallin

Reconstructing Series of Deaths by Cause with Constant Definitions
France Meslé and Jacques Vallin

General Trends in Mortality by Cause
France Meslé and Jacques Vallin

Impact of Major Groups of Causes on Life Expectancy Trends
France Meslé, Jacques Vallin, and Serhii Pyrozhkov

Mortality Trends by Age Group and Detailed Causes of Death
France Meslé and Jacques Vallin

Conclusion
France Meslé and Jacques Vallin

Index

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